[lambda_lover]

It's not the battery life per charge, it's the battery lifespan. Similar to iPhones (which are rated for only 500 charge cycles because gotta pad those profit margins... so good luck using one battery for even 2 years), AirPods experience battery degradation to a point where they last < 1 hour and just shut down randomly because they can't provide enough charge to the buds. In just 2-3 years.

[dethac]

Galaxy Buds might be worthwhile if you're willing to open it up. Supposedly it's not too hard.

https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung+Galaxy+Buds+Teardown...

[billyhoffman]

> which are rated for only 500 charge cycles

Citation needed?

[m_eiman]

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208387

Macbook batteries are designed for 100p cycles IIRC.